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20-06-2015: We had a FANTASTIC time in Italy. The concierge Babette was invaluable!

We had a FANTASTIC time in Italy. The concierge Babette was invaluable! She had great places for us to eat and visit and was very, very helpful overall. The house, as usual, was fantastic! We also would highly recommend Salvadonica, a hotel with a restaurant just around the corner from the house. We stayed there friday night and the rooms were great, and the food and staff wonderful. We took everyone to dinner there on wednesday of our week and we had a great dinner!! Hope you had a great summer! And as always, working with you was great! Thanks! K.W. June 2015

Casa Mattei is dramatically located in the hearth of Tuscany's Chianti region with expansive views over the olive groves, vineyards, woods and country estates. Great rental for 10 + 4 people. Stunning pool with Jacuzzi. Spacious and private our country house is only 2 km from Mercatale Val di Pesa and 18 km from Florence. Casa Mattei is an ideal setting for a great vacation. The location couldn’t be better: private, tranquil position on hillside just 15 minutes south from Florence, with easy access to the charming Chianti hill towns and at 50 minutes from Siena and 1 hour from Lucca. Well-appointed, spacious villa, authentically restored and surrounded by olive groves, Casa Mattei is perfect for 5/6 couples or extended family.

As memebr of the Expereince Villas Collection, Casa Mattei will be pleased to offer to its guests a fun and very "Italian" experience: a Pizza Cooking Class with a professional Pizzaiolo.

A typically rough dirt road (1200 meters) brings you to Casa Mattei, through vineyards, and olive groves. The building dates back approximately to one thousand years ago, in the Medieval period and has been totally restored in 2006. It was a small monastery and evolved into a country house some century later.The fenced property consists of 2 hectares and includes the house (530 sqm), the pool (15 x 7,50 meters, open May – Sept) with Jacuzzi and a dependence (40 sqm). Please note that the Jacuzzi is NOT an hot tub.The lawn is bordered with rose bushes and olive trees. A stone patio where is a BBQ, provides shadow for al fresco dining at a long table for 12 people with comfortable chairs. From here some steps takes you to the fresh water pool with Jacuzzi. The area is furnished with sunbeds, tables and chairs with umbrellas. Next to the pool there is a nice changing room with a bathroom with shower and a well equipped fitness room!

Casa Mattei has beautiful terracotta tiles and beamed ceilings, it consists in 530 sqm divided into two floors:Ground floor:- Entry hall- Study room with double sofa bed and air conditioning.- Dining area with table for 12- First small but well equipped kitchen- Main fully equipped kitchen (microwave, dishwasher, oven, toaster etc.)- 1 double bedroom (5 steps) (cannot be separated) with bathroom with shower. This room is now provided with air conditioning.- Living room with double sofa bed. In this room there is SKY TV SAT, and Iphone - Ipad Dock Station. - 1 bathroom with shower

Dependance:Only upon request and owner approval it is possible to rent the dependence (which cannot be rented by a different group). On the ground floor cosy livingroom (with sofabed) with kitchenette and 1 bathroom with shower. 1 double bedroom upstairs.The Dependence is air conditioned.

IMPORTANT NOTESMAX NUMBER IN THE VILLA 10 + 2MAX NUMBER IN THE DEPENDANCE 2 + 2FOR GROUPS OF MORE THAN 16 PEOPLE PLEASE INQUIREPLEASE NOTE THAT THE SOFA BEDS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE - (SEE OUR PRICE LIST)